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Grammy award is a prestigious music award that is annually-held by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the US. It is a music award which is dedicated for musicians, singers, and songwriters. Established in 1958, Grammy Award is previously known as Gramophone Awards. The categories include Record of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Gospel Sing, Best Country Song, Best Rap Song, and Best R&B Song.

Grammy Award for The Song of the Year is one of the most prestigious Grammy Awards. 1959 is the first period when The Song of the Year is firstly awarded for a song entitled Volare. This song is written by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno. It is an Italian song that is performed by its songwriter, Domenico Modugno. It beats other wonderful songs like Catch a Falling Star performed by Perry Como, Fever by Peggy Lee, Theme to Gigi, and Witchcraft by Frank Sinatra.

The Beatles also wins Grammy Award for The Song of the Year in 1967 with their song “Michelle”. This song succeeds to beat some great competitors like “Born Free” by Andy Williams, “The Impossible Dream” by Richard Kiley, Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night” and Ray Coniff’s “Somewhere, My Love.” “Michelle” is The Beatles’ only song that wins Grammy Award for The Song of the Year. Some of The Beatles’ songs like “Yesterday”, “Hey Jude”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, and “Let It Be” are also nominated but they are not awarded.

Grammy Award for The Song of the year is awarded to various musicians from some different countries. Most of Grammy Awardees for The Song of the Year are American musician and songwriter. Let’s mention some of them: Jimmy Driftwood who writes “The Battle of New Orleans”, Jerry Herman with his “Hello, Dolly!” Carole King with his “You’ve Got a Friend” and the latest American Musicians who get this award are Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost and Jeff Bhasker with their song “We Are Young” in 2013.

British musicians and songwriter get the second place right after the US. The British Grammy Awardee includes The Beatles, Sting, Seal, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Adele, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran who wins the award this year. The other awardees come from New Zealand (Lorde), Ireland (U2), Canada (Celine Dion), and Italy (Domenico Modugno). Those are great and wonderful musicians that should be appreciated in a good manner for their notable and evergreen works; music.

Grammy Award is a prestigious and precious award for musician, songwriters, and singers. The Song of the year is one of the most prestigious categories.